The Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp

Sunday, May 6, 2007 - Monday, May 7, 2007

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
259 AB
Sponsored by Pepper Hamilton, LLP

Want to succeed as an entrepreneur in biotechnology? The BIO Entrepreneurial Boot Camp for Chief Scientific Officers and Academic Researchers—also known as the CSO Boot Camp—lays out the vision, skills, and plans required to take new technology and biotechnology inventions to market. Designed for members of the scientific and academic communities, you’ll come away with a clear idea of what’s involved for all stakeholders—whether you plan to work with a partner or take your idea one step closer to market on your own.

Program at a Glance

Sunday, May 6, 2007
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Opening Remarks by Boot Camp Co-Chairs
Welcome by Sponsor: Pepper Hamilton, LLP

8:30 am – 9:30 am
Module 1:

The CSO and Academic Investigators as Successful Entrepreneurs

Creating and Implementing Breakthrough Medical Technology

• Robert Langer, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:30 am – 10:30 am
Project, Product or Company: Assessment and Qualification of Technologies as a Basis for a Business Startup

• Panayotis Constantinides, Ph.D., Principal, Biopharmaceutical & Drug Delivery Consulting, LLC

10:30 am – 11:00 am
Break Out for Case Discussion

11:00 am – 11:45 am
Project, Product or Company: Assessment and Qualification of Technologies as a Basis for a Business Startup (cont.) - Group Presentations

11:45 am – 12:15 pm
Biotechnology Business Models

• Stephen M. Sammut

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Luncheon Keynote

• Kenneth Morse, Senior Lecturer and Managing Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center

1:15 pm – 3:00 pm
Module 2: Building the Business: Strengthening Your Science with
Solid Strategy and Structure

What Every Investigator Must Know about IP in Biotechnology Startups

• Kathryn Doyle, Ph.D., JD, Partner, Drinker Biddle, LLP
• Raymond A. Miller, JD, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Break

3:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Regulatory Planning and the Implications for Strategy and Financing

Moderator:

• Stephen M. Sammut

Speakers:

• Maurizio Fava, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Chief of Psychiatry for Clinical Research, Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Kent Gossett, DVM, Ph.D., MBA, Partner, SR One, Ltd.
• Dr. Richard Scotland, Senior Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, GTC BioTherapeutics

5:15 pm – 6:45 pm
Building an Entrepreneurial Management Team

Lecturer and Moderator:

• Arthur A. Boni

Panelists:

• Bruce Booth, Principal, Atlas Venture
• Rahul Singhvi, D.Sc., MBA, President and CEO, Novavax, Inc.
• Ganesh Venkataraman, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research, Momemta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

6:45 pm – 7:00 pm
Day Wrap-Up and Adjournment

Monday, May 7, 2007

9:30 am – 11:30 pm
The Business Plan and Pitch Book in the Fund Raising Process

Moderator:

• Arthur A. Boni (intro lecture)

Presenting Company:
Critical Biologics

• Ashleigh Palmer, CEO
• Dr. Thomas Stossel, Scientific Founder

Reviewers:

• Sena Biswas, Ph.D., Managing Director, VIMAC Life Sciences Group
• Geoff Mamlet, Managing Director, Health Care Angels
• Amir, Nashat, Ph.D., Principal, Polaris Venture Partners

11:30 am – 2:00 pm
BIO Luncheon (Doors open at 12:15 pm)

2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Licensing, Partnering and Strategic Alliances and University Relationships

Moderator:

• Lita Nelsen, Director, Technology Licensing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Panelists:

• Ben Chen, Ph.D., Managing Director and CSO, Merchant Banking Practice, Burrill & Company
• Reid Leonard, Ph.D., Senior Director, External Research and Licensing Merck Research Laboratories
• Adelene Q. Perkins, Executive Vice President, Chief Business Officer, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Elsie Quaite-Randall, Ph.D., MBA, Executive Director of the Office of Research Contracts and IP, McMaster University

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Break

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Capitalization of the Venture

Moderator:

• Robert Creeden

Panelists:

• Abi Barrow, Director, Mass Tech Transfer Center
• Robert G. Kispert, Program Director, Federal and University Programs, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
• Jeffrey Libson, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP
• Douglas Cole, MD, General Partner, Flagship Ventures
• Stephen M. Sammut, Wharton School/Burrill & Company
  

6:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Boot Camp Wrap-up Acknowledgements & Adjournment

• Arthur A. Boni
• Stephen M. Sammut
• Robert Creeden